The ROLE OF LEVEL OF INCOME AND EDUCATION ON DIGITAL DIVIDE: A LOOK AT JAKARTA WORK FORCE

Communication technologies is important in supporting economic, human, and social growth. However, it common knowledge that communication technologies are differ between countries. And the digital difference inside nations can be as high as that between countries. ). The objectives of this study are to assess the Indonesia home digital divide for its Jakarta workforce and to examine the demographic features, specifically: education and level of income as factors influencing digital divide. The study is descriptive and survey questionnaire is employed. Indonesian workers in Jakarta and graduates of the Indonesia Adventist University in Bandung are the study's subjects. There are 239 sample of the study. Frequencies, correlation, significant test, and regression test were used in the analysis. The study found that, simultenously, there is a significant relationship between education and level of income on digital divide of Jakarta workforce. The study also indicates there is no significant relationship based on t-test between education and digital divide. On the other hand, level of income shows that it has significant result with t-test at 10% level of significant

Gender Digital Divide and Education in Latin America : A Literature Review

Gender equity in education is one of the main targets for social justice and sustainable development. This literature review, from a gender approach, was conducted to understand how the gender digital divide (GDD) in information and communication technologies (ICT) and education are related in Latin American countries. A total of 28 articles have been analyzed as a satisfactory sample of the scientific literature to examine how this relation is explored and its influence, to acknowledge political stakeholders, as well as provide information and proposals to address the digital gender divide in education research in this region. The results show the need to develop research from the pedagogical and gender perspectives in Latin America, since they are not represented within an obvious problem

Impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the use of ICT tools in science and technology education

This article analyzes the self-concept about digital competence in university professors of Sciences, Health Sciences and Engineering and the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) use habits of professors in these areas. For this purpose, a survey designed by the authors was completed by 340 university professors in the aforementioned areas. Based on the answers obtained from this survey, a descriptive quantitative analysis of the assessments of the self-concept of digital competence and training of the participants, of the didactic use of ICT and the frequency of their use before and after the pandemic has been carried out. The results showed that the digital competence of the professors is intermediate, but their training is valued as low, especially in Sciences and Health Sciences. The assessment of ICT is very good. The pandemic has caused a generalized increase in the use of ICT, mainly in Health Sciences, which is the area in which university students were most reluctant to use them. In addition, a gender gap which did not exist before the pandemic has been generated favoring females in the use of ICT in Science and Engineering. An age-based digital gap that existed before the pandemic has also been corrected in Health SciencesPeer Reviewe

Typifying mechanisms for gender digital equity in Latin America

Gender digital equity in Latin America and the Caribbean is our goal. We analyze gender specific structural inequalities that constitute barriers for women’s access to ICT: such as education, traditional cultural beliefs and prac‐ tices, and economic inequality. We argue also that male-dominated ICT design and implementation (functionality, content, and human-computer interaction) can inhibit gender digital equity. We present a model to typify the existing mecha‐ nisms for reaching gender digital equity and propose a new mechanism: creating gender consciousness in ICT design and construction, and attracting women to the ICT field. The proposed model reflects the four mechanisms and depicts the possible means through which they can be implemented. Moreover, the model appoints actors capable of and responsible for such means. Recommendations for the ICT community regarding gender digital equity are also included.UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ingeniería::Centro de Investigaciones en Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (CITIC)UCR::Vicerrectoría de Docencia::Ingeniería::Facultad de Ingeniería::Escuela de Ciencias de la Computación e Informátic